This is the new Nissan X-Trail! We've taken it for a first drive to see if the Japanese SUV can still hold its appeal to British motorists 👀
Peak system output is 201bhp. If it’s not too much of an oxymoron, think of it as a petrol-powered electric car, with an ICE providing the electricity, rather than a large battery charged from an external source, and you’re pretty much there. In a first in the X-Trail, the e-Power system is offered with four-wheel drive, an additional electric motor powering the rear axle.
There’s no plugin hybrid, because Nissan doesn’t believe in those, claiming that its e-Power set-up instead offers the best stepping stone to full electrification. Underpinning the X-Trail is the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance’s CMF-C platform, now familiar from plenty of mid-size models, including the Qashqai. Multi-link rear suspension features as standard on a car offered in both five-seat and seven-seat forms.
The environment for the driver is pleasing, too. There’s a commanding driving position and a comfortable seat, and all the major controls fall easily to hand. The previous generation of Nissans were getting rather bewildering with their arrays of buttons, whereas these new models are more streamlined and easier to navigate.
For all its sophistication, the crux of the e-Power is that it’s a very efficient real-world system, a good 15-20% or so more economical in the real world than the mild-hybrid X-Trail. The official economy figure is 43.544.1mpg, and we got close to that on our mixed-roads test route.
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